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The data processing discipline is in a deplorable state, says Roger House. The author reviews an earlier study, in which programmers were largely unsuccessful in finding known errors in a test program. House shows that the fault lies not with the subjects but with the generally poor procedures under...
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| Published in | Communications of the ACM Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 324 - 331 |
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| Format | Magazine Article |
| Language | English |
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01.06.1980
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISSN | 0001-0782 1557-7317 1557-7317 |
| DOI | 10.1145/358876.358879 |
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| Summary: | The data processing discipline is in a deplorable state, says Roger House. The author reviews an earlier study, in which programmers were largely unsuccessful in finding known errors in a test program. House shows that the fault lies not with the subjects but with the generally poor procedures underlying the writing of much contemporary software, including the test program in question. He analyzes the example, offers several specific critiques, and enumerates good software-writing practices. |
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| ISSN: | 0001-0782 1557-7317 1557-7317 |
| DOI: | 10.1145/358876.358879 |